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...eerie scene. The two rhinoceroses looked out over a courtyard bathed in that red-gray light of late afternoon; Biff stood alone staring intently at the large note in his hand; the crowd in front of the main door of the Biology Labs grew suddenly silent and waited for something to happen...
Professionally, he is both a professor at the Sorbonne and a columnist for Le Figaro; Intellectually, he has pursued a triple career as a philosopher, a social scientist, and a citizen... Aron's work is a relentless Interrogation of contemporary society in all its forms: what are its main features, how does it differ from its own past, where is it going, or rather what kind of choices are open? His sociology is essentially historical; he is not interested in the abstract system-building of "grand theory" divorced from history, and since he considers concepts useful only as long...
These three themes run through the entire work. The first, deterrence, is the main subject. The McNamara doctrine of deterrence replaced the Eisenhower strategy of unleashing nuclear holocaust if the enemy crossed a line drawn by John Foster Dulles with a strategy of graduated response. If, for example, the Soviet Union misreads American intentions as it did in Korea, the U.S. is now prepared to meet Russia with conventional weapons first instead of immediately blowing both civilizations off the map. If the Russians were still unconvinced, tactical nu- thermonuclear responses ranging from "counterforce" (against Soviet missiles) to "countercity" (self-evident...
Harvard's surest winner in the field events is John Bakkensen. Among Heptagonal discus throwers, Bakkensen is virtually in a class of his own. The main excitement in his event may be his attempt to break the tourney record, set in 1949, of 177 ft., 11 1/4 in. It's the oldest mark in the outdoor Heps book...
...Elis' main problem this season has been inconsistent hitting, but they do have a few players who are dangerous at the plate. The best of the bunch is diminutive first sacker Bob Bartlett, who hit .357 last season and has been batting almost as torridly this year. Infielder Robin Cody has a .429 batting average in EIBL competition, and Jed Devine's average is also near the .300 level...